Erschienen in:
31.01.2018 | Editorial
Focus on imaging in trauma
verfasst von:
Frank Hildebrand, K. Eichler
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
Modern emergency room management requires interdisciplinary teamwork and synchronous communication between a team of surgeons, anesthetists, and radiologists. With the direct involvement of modern imaging techniques, trauma-related injuries should be detected within a very short period of time to enable a priority-orientated treatment. However, also the potential harms of CT (e.g., risk of radiation-induced cancer, increased costs, or overdiagnosis) particularly after minor or moderate trauma have to be considered. …